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To: wonders
Would lack of fluid under the body indicate that it had not been there long?
409 posted on 08/16/2002 12:50:26 PM PDT by KnutCase
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To: KnutCase; CAPPSMADNESS
Would lack of fluid under the body indicate that it had not been there long?

Well, it is unusual. The only other explanation I can think of is that perhaps, as her body was small and lean, and if animals had opened up sufficient areas, the fluids evaporated in the dry air, rather than seeping down into the ground. I have no experience with such a case, though, and it still seems to me there would have been at least some drainage from the pelvic area. *CAPPSMADNESS: What do you think?

Anyway, in thinking about to describe how the fluids are produced, etc., it seemed to gross... so I looked up a web site for anyone interested in such:

http://www.dundee.ac.uk/forensicmedicine/llb/timedeath.htm

440 posted on 08/16/2002 1:22:30 PM PDT by wonders
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